Category Archives: Seeds and Gardening

Climate Change May Affect Your Preparedness

To be honest, I have never grown a totally successful garden.  I’ve really only tried gardening a few times, so I blame my failed attempts on my lack of experience. The idea of successful gardening still excites me, though.  My … Continue reading

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Survival Gardening

The first thing that will be affected during the upcoming financial upheaval will be the food supply.  Food is a commodity that will be worth it’s weight in gold!   Having a survival garden is very important for supplementing your food … Continue reading

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More about Genetically Modified Foods

This post is a continuation from What’s the Big Deal about Genetically Modified Foods? How much do you know about the history of genetically modified foods? Several individuals in the industry are speaking out about what we don’t know about … Continue reading

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Food Storage for Restricted Diets, part I

When you’re dealing with a restricted diet, accumulating food storage becomes kind of tricky.  My husband and I avoid most processed foods, because many additives make him very sick.  Other people avoid gluten, dairy, soy, genetically modified foods, colorings, etc.  … Continue reading

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Simple Tricks For Keeping Your Porch Tomatoes Happy And Healthy

This is the third installment in my methods for growing really big tomato plants on your porch.  You’ll want to read the first two parts here and here. Right now while my plants are still in their infancy I only … Continue reading

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Growing Giant Tomato Plants On Your Porch

This is a continuation of “Yes, You Can Grow Tomatoes Like Me!, so you’ll want to read that first to get The Big Secret. You’ve doubtless seen those ads for tomato seeds or seedlings that you can send away for … Continue reading

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Yes, You Can Grow Tomatoes Like Me!

My parents used to complain that tomatoes these days taste like cardboard, but I had nothing to compare it to, having eaten nothing but cardboard tomatoes all my life. Continue reading

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Try Sprouting!

Last week I posted about the supplies you need to get started sprouting.  Today we’ll talk about what you actually need to do to grow your first sprouts! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Sprouting Supplies

Are you ready to try sprouting?  You’ll need to gather a few things before we get started, but you may already have some of the supplies you need. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Sprouting: How to Choose Seeds

Different seeds will grow different things, but all of them should work for sprouting, right?  Not necessarily. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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